XML Gateway Alchemy

Rizwan Mallal

Rizwan Mallal serves as the Vice President of Operations at Crosscheck Networks, Inc. As a founding member and Chief Security Architect of Forum Systems, the wholly owned subsidiary of Crosscheck Networks, Rizwan was responsible for all security related aspects of Forum's technology.

Previously, Rizwan was the Chief Architect at Phobos where he was responsible for developing the industry's first embedded SSL offloader. This product triggered Phobos's acquisition by Sonicwall (NASD: SNWL). Before joining Phobos, he was member of the core engineering group at Raptor Systems which pioneered the Firewall/VPN space. Raptor after its successful IPO was later acquired by Axent/Symantec (NASD:SYMC).

Rizwan started his career at Cambridge Technology Partners (acquired by Novell) where he was the technical lead in the client/server group.

Rizwan holds two patents in the area of XML Security.
Rizwan has a BSc. in Computer Science from Albright College and MSc. in Computer Science from University of Vermont.

XML Magazine on Ulitzer
These days, XML Gateways are a core infrastructure component of any
enterprise SOA deployment. XML Gateways provide the ability to integrate
services securely with granular access control, data-level encryption,
integrity through signatures and XML threat mitigation. XML Gateways can be
deployed as a hardware appliance or as a software gateway ( also as cloud
based instances). Both of these form factors have their advantages and
disadvantages. This article provides readers with a quick synopsis of the
pros and cons of each form factor.
XML Gateway Hardware Appliance:
Advantages:
Accelerated SSL and XML Security operations. Tamper proof security of PKI
keys via Hardware Security Module (HSM). Ease of installation and
manageability. High level of security assurance since a hardware appliance
runs dedicated XML Gateway security firmware. Be... (more)

Integration is the Enemy of Security and so is Flexibility - an attribute
that is essential for organizations to survive.
A corporation that cannot service its customers and suppliers, establish long
sticky relationships with them and build an infrastruture that enables rapid
addition of both suppliers, buyers and partners for information exchange will
perish and get demolished by a nimble and flexible competitor whose
infrastructure has integration capabilities for rapid information exchange.
Mike Vizard from CTOEdge talks about the business drivers that compel
companies to inte... (more)

Jack Vaughan interviewed Mamoon Yunus, CEO of Crosscheck Networks, at the
Gartner AADI Event regarding prevalent deployment scenarios for SOA/XML
Gateways (e.g., Forum Sentry), specifically on how Mobile Computing is being
enabled using through gateway technologies.
Here is an excerpt from the interview:
It was all a bit of a whirl when we caught up with Mamoon Yunus, CEO of
Crosscheck Networks, at a Gartner event in December. The topic on the docket
then has more momentum today. So we decided to revisit our notes and share
this take on strong-walled SOA gateways, lightweight SOA, ... (more)

It is very rare today to find a business application that has not exposed its
interface via SOAP/XML. XML is the building block that enables business or
consumer applications to exchange data in a standard structured format. The
exchange of XML data typically takes place through an SOAP/XML interface
based on the Web Services standard or through the REST-based standard.
These flexible standards that richly describe interface functions of an
application also introduce a host of XML and Web Services security
vulnerabilities. This article is a quick guide to most common XML and W... (more)

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